NewsBite

Opinion

Michael Angwin

Australia can’t face the 21st century with obsolete workplaces

The climate transition and AUKUS submarines will put a huge premium on the workplace flexibility that this government has now opted out of.

Michael AngwinFormer IR adviser

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

The Albanese government has gone all in on two massive structural changes that will occupy the nation for the next 30 years – climate change and the nuclear submarine program.

Climate change demands that businesses adjust, from now onwards, to changing energy sources, to a transition pathway that offers no guarantees of filling gaps in energy supply and to the increases in business costs induced by the policy.

Loading...
Michael Angwin is a former industrial relations adviser. He is author of 'Playing in the Twilight'

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

Read More

Latest In Economy

Fetching latest articles

Most Viewed In Policy

    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/australia-can-t-face-the-21st-century-with-obsolete-workplaces-20230704-p5dlom